Down Easters by Lubbock Basil: First Edition (26 results)

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. NAU 017190 First edition. Blue cloth hard cover, very solid though a gutter peeks through among the first pages. The exterior has darkened with age, especially the spine panel but still readable . There are some nicks top and bottom of the spine and a 2 inch tear at the top,…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. xvi, 285 pages. 1929. Gold lettering on the spines. Gold lettering on the front cover. Minor wear to the edges and corners of the book. A very good copy of this volume, illustrated with 136 b/w photographs and 4 plans. Maps on the endpapers. The book is subtitled:…

Hardcover. First Edition. Long Octavo, xvi, 285 pages. In Good condition. Spine is blue with gilt lettering. Boards have shelf wear, rubbing, minor staining and denting, and small closed tears along the spine edge. Text block has frontispiece loose from binding, other pages are slightly shaken, and minor foxing. Shelved in Room…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1953 printing of the 1929 First Edition. Bound in clean royal blue cloth with title stamped in blind on the front cover and author and title in gilt on the spine. The corners are sharp and the binding is firm. Heel of spine slightly creased. Edges ar…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. First edition stated. Large octavo in royal blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Reproduction antique map endpapers. xvi+ 285 pp. with index, extensive appendix register of American-built ships 1853-1902;, appendix listing of Searsport captains and names of their…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Stated first edition. Purplish blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Top edge gilt. Printed by Brown, Son and Ferguson for Charles E. Lauriat Company. Numerous photographic illustrations and fold-out plans. Binding slightly shaken. Light rubbing at extremities. Contents cl…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition and printing. In quite good bright blue cloth boards, gilt titles to front and spine. The boards are straight, fairly clean, quite tight; ends of spine bumped with approx one inch tear from tail end and tiny tear on top edge of spine. The end papers feature b…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. Slight fraying on top and bottom of spine. Two bumped corners. ; Four folding plans. Illustrated endpapers by W. McDowell up front of North America and positions of ships and ports, and sketches of 12 ships in the rear. Profusely illustrated with photographs of ships, people and nautical art…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 4to. Pp. 285. Top edges gilt. Frontis. black & white illustration by Captain Peterson. Illustrated throughout with black & white illustrations and photography, on glossy stock. Index. Endpaper maps. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine. Bookplate opposite half-t…

First edition. The original first issue English sheets with a title-page printed for Mr. Lauriat. Both issues were released by the publisher at the same time. With a profusion of illustrations, photographs and plans, some folding. Royal 8vo, publisher's original bright royal blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and decorated…

1st edition. ppxvi 285. well illustrated with views of ships, plans, etc. a good bright condition hardback in the original gilt lettered and decorated binding, with a bit of wear to the spine. from the library of the Cruising Association. the scarce First Edition of this fine record of American deep-water sailing ships from1869…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No DJ. Second Edition. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt titling, rubbed and very worn cloth. Badly bumped. Cover fair condition. Map end papers. Light foxing. No inscription. Frontis plate, creasing. xvi, 285 page clean and tight. Illustrations & Plans. Clean and tight. Size: 4to. Illustrations &…